湖南省衡阳市八中2010年高二英语下期期末考试试题

用心 爱心 专心 1 湖南省湖南省 20102010 年下学期高二期末三校联考英年下学期高二期末三校联考英 语语 试试 卷卷 时量 120 分钟 总分 150 分 Part one Listening comprehesion Section A Directions In this section you will hear six conversations between two speakers For each conversation there are several quesitons and each question is followed by three choices marked A B and C Listen carefully and then choose the best answer for each question You will hear each converstaion TWICE Converstaion 1 1 How many people were killed when the earthquake struck A Less than 20 B At least 20 C Exactly 40 2 Who has gone to the stricken area A Soldiers B Workers C Citizens Converstaion 2 3 What does the man prefer to do A Watching games outside B Watching TV at home C Playing ball games with his friends 4 When does the conversation most probably take place A In the morning B In the evening C At night Converstaion 3 5 How much will a new desk lamp cost A 14 50 B 12 5 C 16 50 6 When will the new ones arrive A Next Wednesday B Next Tuesday C Next Thursday Converstaion 4 7 What are the two speakers mainly talking about A A chmistry test B The task of designing a Beijing Opera Mask C The story of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms 8 When will the man speaker and his teamates finish their task A By the end of this week B By the end of next week C Within this week 9 Who decides on the mask they will design A Their teacher B The man speaker C The woman speaker Converstaion 5 10 Why did the girl borrow some money from her father A To see a film B To watch a play C To go to a concert 11 How much money did the girl need A Fifty four dollars B Thirty six dollars C Eighteen dollars 12 How many children want to go to the concert A One B Two C Three Converstaion 6 用心 爱心 专心 2 13 What is the topic of the dialogue A A weekend B Life in the country C Traveling with friends 14 Where did Alice spend the nights in the country A In a farmer s B In the open air C In a hotel 15 How long did it take Alice to come back from the country A Half an hour B Four hours C Four hours and a half Section B Direcitons In this section you will hear a short passage Listen carefully and then fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard Fill in each blank with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS Part Two Language knowledge Section A Directions Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A B C and D Choose the one that best completes the sentence 21 From serious look on his face I knew that he brought news of great importance A the a B C the the D the 22 Mary had to go to Beijing on business on June 15 happened to be her only son s birthday A that B then C it D which 23 The suggestion has been made the basketball game put off A for to B that be C which should be D to being 24 Did you remember to give Tom the key to the bike Yes I gave it to him I saw him A while B at once C suddenly D the moment 25 Had you listened to the doctor you all right now A are B wereC would be D would have been 26 With my money I went back home A ran out of B ran out C running out of D running out 27 I thought I reminded you to clear up the table Oh I m terribly sorry I forgot I it right away A am going to do B I was about to do C will do D am to do 28 By the time he leaves university he work experience so long as he takes a part time job A will have gained B has gained C will be gaining D will gain Present situation 1 Only 16 of the water on earth can be drunk and used 2 Some of the fresh water is in the form of icebergs and glaciers 3 Some of the fresh water 17 18 1 Recycling the 19 2 20 the salt from the sea water 用心 爱心 专心 3 29 Haven t seen you for ages Do you still work in Fuzhou It s two years since I worked there A Yes I have B Yes I do C No I haven t D No I don t 30 The CNSA released the first picture of the moon captured by Chang e 1 on Nov 26 the full success of the lunar probe project A having marked B marking C to mark D marked 31 We want someone to design the new art museum for us the young fellow have a try A May B Shall C Will D Need 32 My brother be really difficult at times even though he s a nice boy in general A shall B should C can D must 33 your budget 预算 keep a careful record of each dollars you spend every day A Follow B To follow C Following D Followed 34 When the young usually hesitate before A asked responded B asked responding C asking responded D asking responding 35 Only when you are in poor health realize that health is A will you worthless B will you priceless C you will priceless D you will worthless Section B Directions For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A B C and D Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context As a result of the development of the digital camera photographers are now able to change their pictures in any way they like 36 the technology matures removing background objects is becoming faster and easier But why would a photographer want to do this Sometimes a photographer has only a n 3 7 in which to take a picture he may have been imagining for a long time Let s say that after a long wait you finally snap the grey falcon 猎鹰 you d been hoping to catch in flight But when you look back at the picture you find that you 38 snapped your fingertip along with the falcon You have no hope of getting the same picture again What are you going to do 39 the once in a lifetime picture or remove the fingertip Almost any photographer would choose the latter Sometimes the background looks just right 40 your subject but after you print it out something s wrong That is when you need to remove 41 is in the background that you don t like to make your 42 picture look better The most 43 way to do it is using photo editing software Before the development of such software photographers needed to remove unwanted objects in a dark room They needed to use a special solution and constantly monitor the process If they were not careful they could 44 the picture Photo 用心 爱心 专心 4 editing software 45 you from this boring job 46 it is so user friendly that even a non professional can use it You have many choices of how to change your photographs Many people are willing to pay for photographs that are tailored to exactly what they need Now with the help of the software you can keep the 47 while replacing the background with whatever your client wants 36 A After B For C As D While 37 A hurry B instant C breath D occasion 38 A accidentally B necessarily C deliberately D suddenly 39 A Develop B Delete C Define D Decline 40 A with B without C through D above 41 A whenever B whichever C whatever D however 42 A final B fancy C flexible D funny 43 A particular B powerful C permanent D popular 44 A ruin B process C ignore D discount 45 A prevents B discourages C frees D breaks 46 A Therefore B Anyhow C Furthermore D Eventually 47 A objects B projects C effects D subjects Section C Directions Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with ONE word that best fits the context My husband and I recently attended a large party held by his company As we were leaving the company s cafeteria 48 a lot of cookies and other food items were offered to take away my husband thought he would take a few for us to have later and picked 49 up 50 we walked out to the parking lot we noticed two police officers directing traffic My husband and I thought of 51 hard it must be to have to be outside late at night working 52 the cold It was a particularly windy winter night that night Without 53 second thought my husband gave me all the food that had been taken from the cafeteria I walked over and gave it to them to share It was amazing that such a simple deed made 54 of them so happy The woman officer even said to me you are so kind and nice We have directed thousands of cars in and out of the office building tonight and you two were the only ones 55 did this Part Three Reading Comprehesion Directions Read the following three passages Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements For each of them there are four choices marked A B C and D Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage A Right in the heart of America in Smith Center Kansas to be exact high school football coach Roger Barta glanced at his notes as he stood among the sea of players gathered before him It was 6 30 a m on August 18 2008 the first day of practice for this edition of the Redmen and the 31st opening day of the season for Barta 用心 爱心 专心 5 longtime coach and former math teacher at Smith Center High School Barta wore a red T shirt covering a beach ball shaped belly Barta began with basic instructions Drink lots of water Fine advice But what Coach Barta laid out next was the essential game plan life lessons that many people consider his greatest strength Someone here is the best and someone is the worst he said It s time to forget about that Let s respect each other Thus we ll like each other and then love each other That s when together we ll become champions He paused for a moment When he continued he spoke with even more fervor 热诚 to the 56 young men sitting before him One more thing guys We don t talk about winning and losing We talk about getting a little better every day about being the best we can be about being a team And when we do that winning and losing take care of themselves Over the next four months the Redman went on to beat each opponent winning another perfect season As their coach Barta has created a 289 58 record eight Kansas state championships and 67 consecutive victories In high school football it s the longest win in the nation Through it all Coach Barta kept his word Not once did he ever say that a game was do or die None of this is really about football he had explained to me back in 2007 convincingly enough to force me to move to Smith Center from New York City with my wife Mary and three year old son Jack so I could write about him for a year What I hope we re doing is sending kids into life who know that every day means something As a Kansas City native I was fascinated by Barta s success I also needed help I was a new father living in Manhattan far from my Midwestern roots I was having a hard time with the fact that my son had to trick or treat in an apartment building and that he never failed to exclaim when he set foot in my brother s yard in suburban Kansas City Look Daddy Uncle Tom has a park Jack needed to discover grasshoppers 蝗虫 and open spaces and I needed to be reminded of how boys are turned into young men 56 According to the passage we learn that Barta A was once a teacher B is a basketball coach C works in the university D has been a coach for 40 years 57 In the third paragraph Barta stressed the importance of A health B competition C unity D success 58 In Barta s opinion which is important for a player A Winning the game B Learning from failure C Trying his or her best D Caring about the result 59 The fifth paragraph mainly talks about A Barta s motto B Barta s training methods C Barta s attitude towards life D Barta and the Redmen s achievements 60 According to the passage how many statements are true a Batra is not overweight 用心 爱心 专心 6 b No one in the nation has ever beat Barta c Barta once lived in New York City d I moved from New York City with my family e My son was very glad in my brother s yard A 2 B 3 C 4 D 5 B Most shoplifters 商店扒手 agree that the January sales offer wonderful opportunities for the hard working thief With the shops so crowded and the staff so busy it does not require any extraordinary talent to help you to take one or two little things and escape unnoticed It is known in the business as hoisting But the hoisting game is not what it used to be Even at the height of the sales shoplifters today never know if they are being watched by one of those evil little balls that hang from the ceilings of so many department stores above the most desirable goods As if that was not trouble enough for them they can now be filmed at work and obliged to attend a showing of their performance in court Selfridges was the first big London store to install closed circuit videotape equipment to watch its sales floors In October last year the store won its first court case for shoplifting using a evidence a videotape clearly showing a couple stealing dresses It was an important test case which encouraged other stores to install similar equipment When the balls called sputniks first make an appearance in shops it was widely believed that their only function was to frighten shoplifters Their somewhat ridiculous appearances the curious holes and red lights going on and off certainly make the theory believable It did not take long however for serious shoplifters to start showing suitable respect Soon after the equipment was in operation at Selfridges store detective Brian Chadwick was sitting in the control room watching a woman secretly putting bottles of perfume into her bag As she turned to go Chadwick recalled she suddenly looked up at the sputnik and stopped She could not possibly have seen that the camera was trained on her because it is completely hidden but she must have had a feeling that I was looking at her For a moment she paused but then she returned to counter and started putting everything back When she had finished she opened her bag towards the camera to show it was empty and hurried out of the store 61 January is a good month for shoplifters because A they don t need to wait for staff to serve them B they don t need any previous experience as thieves C there are so many people in the store D January sales offer wonderful opportunities for them 62 The sputniks hanging from the ceiling are intended A to watch the most desirable goods 用心 爱心 专心 7 B to make films that can be used as evidence C to frighten shoplifters by their appearance D to be used as evidence against shoplifters 63 The case last October was important because A the store got the dresses back B the equipment was able to frighten shoplifters C other shops found out about the equipment D the kind of evidence supplied was accepted by court 64 The woman stealing perfume A guessed what the sputniks were for her B was frightened by its shape C could see the camera filming D knew that the detective had seen her 65 The woman s action before leaving the store shows that she A was sorry for what she had done B was afraid she would be arrested C decided she didn t want what she had picked up D wanted to prove she had not intended to steal anything C Children who are spanked 挨打 have lower IQs worldwide including in the United States All parents want smart children Avoiding spanking and correcting misbehavior in other ways can help that happen A new research by Professor Murray Straus found that children in the United States who were spanked had lower IQs four years later than those who weren t spanked Straus and Mallie Paschall a senior research scientist studied nationally representative samples of 806 children aged 2 to 4 and 704 aged 5 to 9 Both groups were retested four years later The IQs of children IQs aged 2 to 4 who weren t spanked were 5 points higher four year later than the IQs of those who were spanked The IQs of children aged 5 to 9 who weren t spanked were 2 8 points higher four years later than the IQs of children at the same age who were spanked How often parents spanked made a difference The more spanking the slower the development of children s mental ability But even small amounts of spanking made a difference Straus also found a lower national average IQ in nations in which spanking was more popular His analysis shows the strongest link between physical punishment and IQ is for those whose parents continue to use physical punishment even when they are teenagers Straus also found a lower national average IQ in nations in which spanking was more popular His analysis shows the strongest link between physical punishment and IQ is for those whose parents continue to use physical punishment even when they are teenagers Straus and colleagues in 32 nations used data on physical punishment experienced by 17 404 university students when they were children According to 用心 爱心 专心 8 Straus there re two explanations for the relation of physical punishment to lower IQ First physical punishment is extremely stressful and can become a long lasting stressor 压力源 for young children who typically experience punishment three or more times a week For many it continues for years The stress of physical punishment often leads to being fearful that terrible things are about to happen and being easily shocked They re associated with lower IQ Second a higher national level of economic development leads to both fewer parents using physical punishment and a higher national IQ The good news is that the use of physical punishment has been decreasing worldwide which may signal future gains in IQ across the globe The United Nations has called on all member nations to forbid physical punishment by parents Nevertheless there s evidence that attitude favoring physical punishment and actual use of physical punishment have been declining even in nations which haven t forbidden physical punishment 66 From the passage we can know that physical punishment will make A no scientist B a well behaved child C a bad parent child relationship D a child feel nervous continuously 67 It can be concluded from Paragraph 3 and Paragraph 4 that A long term spanking will cause children s mental disorder B low national average IQ limits the mental development of children C young children have more chances to suffer from physical punishment D high frequency of spanking results in slow development of children s intelligence 68 According to Straus s research children s being spanked is probably related to parents A low income B little education C long lasting pressure D passive personalities 69 It can be inferred from the last paragraph that A the improvement of global average IQ is out of the question B physical